The World Bank has placed a new US$250 million four-year Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Gabon under consideration
Finance
Improving trade conditions boost for SA markets
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) has revealed that trade conditions in March 2012 continued to improve after they recovered into positive territory in the previous month
Interview: Steering Africa’s biggest stock market
Nicky Newton-King, chief executive of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, speaks to Stephen Williams about running the biggest capital market in Africa
A record of world-class pan-African banking
Notwithstanding its successes and achievements to date, Ecobank is not resting on its laurels
New initiative to empower rural youth in East Africa
TechnoServe and The MasterCard Foundation have partnered on an US$11.5 million, four-year programme to help the rural youth of East Africas transition to economic independence